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Corinne Louise Smith, age 103, of Vero Beach, passed away on Monday, March 6, 2023.
She was born June 23, 1919, in Natchez, Mississippi to parents, Howard A. and Edmonia DuCote Phillips.
Corinne was a graduate of Northwestern University earning her bachelor’s degree in English.
Following college she traveled to Miami, FL and worked as a secretary at the Embry-Riddle Company’s Seaplane Base where she eventually became an instructor pilot and head of the Link Trainer department. She was promoted to Chief Link Instructor and in 1944 left Miami with both a flight instructor and commercial pilot certification. She went on to flight instruct in California, New Jersey, and New York.
Corinne enjoyed a lifetime of many air adventures with loved ones.
She was predeceased by her husband, Richard in 2008 and by her daughter, Cosette, in 2015.
Corinne is survived by her many dear friends she met along the way.
She will be interred next to her daughter at Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights, Minnesota, at a later date.
Arrangements are by Thomas S. Lowther Funeral Home & Crematory, Vero Beach.
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